Tales of Spelunking (area)

The Spelunker Area is found via the Tales of Spelunking from the Adventurous Spelunker.

When first opening this area:

• Welcome to your Spelunking adventure! Try to find as much treasure as you can before the ghost arrives!

Your left sidebar is replaced with a display of new stats:

Spelunkin' <PlayerName>

Stats:
Mus:	30
Mox:	30
HP:	30 / 30

Gold: $0

Gear:
	hat
off	back
	shoes

Items:
	1
	1
	0

The Ghost:

40

Last Spelunk:
???

Locations found here include:

• Best Spelunkers (daily leaderboard)
• Rest at Base Camp: Heals all HP. (You tend to your wounds at your base camp. You gain x hit points. The ghost draws nearer...)
• Exit

And various locations to explore (all except the Mines are unlocked as you go):

• The Mines
  • The Spider Hole
  • The Snake Pit
• The Jungle
  • The Ancient Burial Ground
  • The Beehive
• The Ice Caves
  • The Crashed U. F. O.
  • The Altar
• The Temple Ruins
  • The City of Goooold
  • LOLmec's Lair
• Hell
  • Yomama's Thone
  • ???

Strategy

Unlocking Areas

You begin with just The Mines available. Lower levels in the central section are unlocked by adventuring in the previous level, or through starting Perks.

Side areas are mainly unlocked by your choices in specific non-combat adventures in the adjoining central area. LOLmec's Lair, Hell, and Yomama's Throne have special unlocks.

Location	Unlock
The Spider Hole	Use a rope in It's a Trap! A Dart Trap.
The Snake Pit	Use a bomb in It's a Trap! A Dart Trap.
The Ancient Burial Ground	Use a rope in It's a Trap! A Tiki Trap.
The Beehive	Use a bomb in It's a Trap! A Tiki Trap.
An Altar	Kick the landmine in A Landmine
The Crashed U. F. O.	Use 3 ropes in A Landmine
The City of Goooold	Use a key in It's a Trap! A Smashy Trap.
LOLmec's Lair	?
Hell	Use a key in LOLmec's Lair after defeating him, while wearing Bananubis's Staff, The Joke Book of the Dead, and The Clown Crown
Yomama's Thone	?

Non-combats

After every 3rd successful combat, the ghost waves its arms
This indicates that the next adventure will result in a non-combat choice adventure. Each area presents different choices, with the 4 main locations giving 3 different choice adventures depending on the current phase. The phase of each area is the same, and is advanced after every choice adventure, cycling through 3 values.

Location	Phase1	Phase2	Phase3
The Mines |	An Old Clay Pot ~20 Gold pot (off-hand throwable, 20 damage)	A Shop	It's a Trap! A Dart Trap. Open The Snake Pit (with bomb) Open The Spider Hole (with rope)
The Jungle	A Shop	A Tombstone ~25 Gold shotgun (with heavy pickaxe) The Clown Crown (with x-ray goggles)	It's a Trap! A Tiki Trap. Open The Beehive (with bomb) Open The Ancient Burial Ground (with rope)
The Ice Caves	A Shop	A Big Block of Ice 50-60 Gold Gain a buddy	A Landmine Open The Altar Open The Crashed U. F. O. (with 3 ropes)
The Temple Ruins	A Crate	Idolatry 250 Gold, and without a jetpack, spring boots+yellow cape, or buddy lose all HP	It's a Trap! A Smashy Trap. Open The City of Goooold (with a key) Lose 40 HP
The Spider Hole	A Wicked Web 15-20 Gold Gain a buddy (with sturdy machete)
The Snake Pit	A Crate
The Ancient Burial Ground	A Tombstone ~25 Gold shotgun (with heavy pickaxe) The Clown Crown (with x-ray goggles)
The Beehive	A Crate
The Crashed U. F. O.	A Crate
The City of Goooold	A Golden Chest 150 Gold (with key) ~75 Gold (with bomb) ~50 Gold and lose HP

Special Adventures

Each sub-area (except The Ancient Burial Ground) also has a special non-combat, which appears on your 6^th-9^th(?) adventure in that zone.

Location	Special Adventure	Benefit
The Spider Hole	Fight the spider queen	All bombs are now "Sticky Bombs" (bomb image changes to )
The Snake Pit	It's Lump. It's Lump.	Spend a bomb and acquire a heavy pickaxe
The Beehive	Fight the queen bee	Increase Maximum HP by 20
The Crashed U. F. O.	Fight the alien queen	Acquire a plasma rifle and jetpack
The City of Goooold	Fight Bananubis	Acquire Bananubis's Staff

Perks

Each time you complete the game you can choose a perk that gives you a benefit in your next run, up to a maximum of 9 perks. Perks are organized into 3 branches, with choices presented in order in each branch.

Branch 1

1. Start with The Jungle unlocked
2. Start with The Ice Caves unlocked
3. Start with The Temple Ruins unlocked

Branch 2

1. Start with 3 bombs
2. Shops have one more item
3. Start with $100

Branch 3

1. Start with 3 ropes
2. Start with a spelunking fedora (All Attributes +5)
3. Start with a key

Notes

• The entire setting is a browser version of the game, Spelunky.